Effects of availability of food and interspecific competition on diets of prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 315-324

  Haken, Armgard E ^a   Batzli, George O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

competition; food habits; meadow voles; Microtus; prairie voles

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDONEAE; LILIOPSIDA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; OCHROGASTER;

EID: 0029757147     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382803     Document Type: Article

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